Getting up early, going running, etc. It is for my dogs, anyway. Bowing to both my own concerns and your advice, I went out to do 4-5 miles with Bear this morning. And let me tell you, it was lousy. The weather was humid, damp, and grey - and once I started running it felt like… well, you know those days when you go running and everything just comes together like a glorious masterpiece? Pretty much the opposite of that. Basically, I just wasn’t excited about being out there in the slightest.

We were going to do four laps of the park. Once I started running I wondered about just doing three - that would still give me about four miles total. We ended up doing two. Bleah. We ran back a different way and ended up with just over three miles, and I was met at the door by Sabrina who was more than ready for her run. Fine - I swapped dogs and took her out instead. This time things went a little better, and I got another 1 1/2 miles in, including a little trail work.

All told, about 4 1/2 miles at around a 9:30 pace with plenty of pauses for interesting smells. And I’m glad I wasn’t going for ten. Now I’m hoping that the rains will come this afternoon and wash some of this foulness out of the air before tomorrow’s race. Later, I need to get my race packet and pre-drive the course, then it’ll be an early night followed by an early morning as I get ready for my first ever half marathon.

Hey, that means a guaranteed PR, right?

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